I got rejected from YC (4x)…. now my side hustle is worth $1.16B
My First Million11 Dec 2024

I got rejected from YC (4x)…. now my side hustle is worth $1.16B

Get our Business Monetization Playbook: https://clickhubspot.com/monetization Episode 658: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Replit founder Amjad Masad ( https://x.com/amasad ) about the massive opportunities with AI Agents. — Show Notes: (0:00) Replit origin story (9:27) Replit's 10-year overnight success (12:27) Rejected 4x by YC (17:28) Personal essays from Paul Graham (20:17) "i hacked into my university to change my grades" (25:55) Rickrolling into YC (35:25) Shaan builds a food tracking app in 30 seconds (43:19) Magic School: An AI application for educators 4M users in 1 year (47:31) Amjad on Agents (49:53) Building moats in a goldrush (54:53) Replit is Shopify for software creators (1:05:11) The most gangster story in Silicon Valley — Links: • Amjad essays - https://amasad.me/ • Replit - https://replit.com/ • Codeacademy - https://www.codecademy.com/ • Do What Makes The Best Story - https://amasad.me/story • Magic School AI - https://www.magicschool.ai/ • 11x AI - https://www.11x.ai/ • Synthesis Tutor - https://www.synthesis.com/tutor • The Sovereign Individual - https://tinyurl.com/4w6ns7b2 • 7 Powers - https://tinyurl.com/382ch557 — Check Out Shaan's Stuff: Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd — Check Out Sam's Stuff: • Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/ • Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ • Copy That - https://copythat.com • Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth • Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/ My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano

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#93 - Why Tai Lopez Bought Pier One

#93 - Why Tai Lopez Bought Pier One

Joined our private FB group yet? It's a page where people share each others million dollar ideas or what they're already working on: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ourfirstmillion. This episode Shaan and Sam talk: on being a wartime CEO, Bonsai Mirai and the relaxation industry, Tai Lopez's new company, and the great Twitter hack.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

17 Juli 202056min

#92 - A Three Month Old Company Profiting $90,000 A Day

#92 - A Three Month Old Company Profiting $90,000 A Day

Joined our private FB group yet? It's a page where people share each others million dollar ideas or what they're already working on: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ourfirstmillion. This episode Shaan and Sam talk: Ford's small raise, a mask business doing millions per month, software distribution, agents for engineers, private Twitter, Etsy for kids and Golden Hippo.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

15 Juli 20201h 9min

#91 with Ben Askren - The UFC Star Turned Crypto Investor

#91 with Ben Askren - The UFC Star Turned Crypto Investor

Joined our private FB group yet? It's a page where people share each others million dollar ideas or what they're already working on: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ourfirstmillion. This episode Shaan, Sam and Ben talk: Ben's growing wrestling empire, embracing failure, the business of the UFC, why Ben's reading 25+ books a year, and the future of crypto.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

10 Juli 20201h 4min

#90 - How a Newsletter Generates $2m With Only 5,000 Subscribers

#90 - How a Newsletter Generates $2m With Only 5,000 Subscribers

Joined our private FB group yet? It's a page where people share each others million dollar ideas or what they're already working on: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ourfirstmillion. This episode Shaan and Sam talk: leadership in turbulent times, the business of roof racks, a newsletter generating $2m, the opportunities in eCommerce, employee surveillance and the rift between Silicon Valley and the media.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

8 Juli 202054min

#89 - The Man Who Gamed Uber

#89 - The Man Who Gamed Uber

Joined our private FB group yet? It's a page where people share each others million dollar ideas or what they're already working on: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ourfirstmillion. This episode includes: Abhishek Kumar Maurya, the founder of UberPro.In; the companies capitalizing on people fleeing cities; how tech is helping humans become fitter; the world of alternate data; the Freeport for baseball cards; and the million dollar challenge.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

5 Juli 20201h 1min

#88 with Greg Isenberg (part 2) - Why Plugins Are Big Business

#88 with Greg Isenberg (part 2) - Why Plugins Are Big Business

Joined our private FB group yet? It's a page where people share each others million dollar ideas or what they're already working on: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ourfirstmillion. The guys discuss: Andrew Wilkinson Hey.com replacer, VidIQ for influencers, why Grammarly is a huge business, learning via text messages and Stadium Live (ESPN for Gen Z).  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

3 Juli 202034min

#87 with Greg Isenberg - The Millions to be Made Unbundling Reddit

#87 with Greg Isenberg - The Millions to be Made Unbundling Reddit

Joined our private FB group yet? It's a page where people share each others million dollar ideas or what they're already working on: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ourfirstmillion. Episode summary: (5:15) The unbundling of Reddit (11:50) The formula for finding niches to unbundle (16:24) Examples of a subreddits that could become a business (31:00) The businesses that use giveaways to grow.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

1 Juli 202044min

#86 - Why Every Business Should Have an Enemy

#86 - Why Every Business Should Have an Enemy

Joined our private FB group yet? It's a page where people share each others million dollar ideas or what they're already working on: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ourfirstmillion. Episode summary: (0:03) Discounted Uber credits hack (4:06) Scam talk: Chamath bitcoin giveaway, Nigerian PPP, Super Pac (12:05) Baseball card storage idea (15:20) Self-storage company, Public Storage, is wildly profitable (16:12) Real estate talk (20:01) Why it’s important to have enemies when marketing (27:42) Private Twitter idea (30:08) Chris D’Elia and Wikipedia for creeps idea (37:42) Should Wikipedia be government owned? (39:50) Cheaper backend brokerage  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

26 Juni 202044min

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